Rock bottom is the point where it hurts so bad you realize you don't have the solutions anymore, and now you're willing to try anything. Only then are you open

Rock bottom is the point where it hurts so bad you realize you don't have the solutions anymore, and now you're willing to try anything. Only then are you open to evaluating outside solutions. When the general public reaches that point, they will be ready to listen to any other solutions being preached. A few election cycles later there should be a "sane-ish" majority consensus on which of the new ideas seems to be working. As you said, you can't expect too much immediately.